Léon Kalenga Badikebele

Léon Kalenga Badikebele in April 2017

Léon Kalenga Badikebele (17 July 1956 – 12 June 2019) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He held the rank of Apostolic Nuncio from 2008 until his death and was Nuncio to Argentina from 2018 until his death in June 2019. He was born in Kamina, Haut-Lomami, then in the Belgian Congo.

Badikebele died on 12 June 2019 from a long-illness at the age of 62.

Other websites

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele ^{[self-published]}